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flotation collapse: financing a commercial enterprise by bond or stock shares; the phenomenon of floating (remaining on the surface of a liquid without sinking)

wording collapse: the manner in which something is expressed in words; "use concise military verbiage"- G.S.Patton

dignified collapse: having or expressing dignity; especially formality or stateliness in bearing or appearance; "her dignified demeanor"; "the director of the school was a dignified white-haired gentleman"; having or showing self-esteem

High Church collapse: a group in the Anglican Church that emphasizes the Catholic tradition (especially in sacraments and rituals and obedience to church authority)

parole collapse: (law) a conditional release from imprisonment that entitles the person to serve the remainder of the sentence outside the prison as long as the terms of release are complied with; a promise; "he gave his word"; release a criminal from detention and place him on parole; "The prisoner was paroled after serving 10 years in prison"

colors collapse: a flag that shows its nationality; a distinguishing emblem; "his tie proclaimed his school colors"

manner of speaking collapse: your characteristic style or manner of expressing yourself orally; "his manner of speaking was quite abrupt"; "her speech was barren of southernisms"; "I detected a slight accent in his speech"

syntactic collapse: of or relating to or conforming to the rules of syntax; "the syntactic rules of a language"

idiom collapse: an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up

contact collapse: close interaction; "they kept in daily contact"; "they claimed that they had been in contact with extraterrestrial beings"; the act of touching physically; "her fingers came in contact with the light switch"; (electronics) a junction where things (as two electrical conductors) touch or are in physical contact; "they forget to solder the contacts"; a thin curved glass or plastic lens designed to fit over the cornea in order to correct vision or to deliver medication; a communicative interaction; "the pilot made contact with the base"; "he got in touch with his colleagues"; the physical coming together of two or more things; "contact with the pier scraped paint from the hull"; a person who is in a position to give you special assistance; "he used his business contacts to get an introduction to the governor"; the state or condition of touching or of being in immediate proximity; "litmus paper turns red on contact with an acid"

grammatical collapse: conforming to the rules of grammar or usage accepted by native speakers; "spoke in grammatical sentences"; of or pertaining to grammar; "the grammatic structure of a sentence"; "grammatical rules"; "grammatical gender"

quaver collapse: a tremulous sound; give off unsteady sounds, alternating in amplitude or frequency

embellishment collapse: a superfluous ornament; elaboration of an interpretation by the use of decorative (sometimes fictitious) detail; "the mystery has been heightened by many embellishments in subsequent retellings"

literary collapse: appropriate to literature rather than everyday speech or writing; "when trying to impress someone she spoke in an affected literary style"; knowledgeable about literature; "a literary style"; of or relating to or characteristic of literature; "literary criticism"

parlance collapse: a manner of speaking that is natural to native speakers of a language

dialectics collapse: a rationale for dialectical materialism based on change through the conflict of opposing forces

self-conscious collapse: excessively and uncomfortably conscious of your appearance or behavior; "self-conscious teenagers"; "wondered if she could ever be untidy without feeling self-conscious about it"; aware of yourself as an individual or of your own being and actions and thoughts; "self-conscious awareness"; "self-conscious about their roles as guardians of the social values"- D.M.Potter

spoken collapse: uttered through the medium of speech or characterized by speech; sometimes used in combination; "a spoken message"; "the spoken language"; "a soft-spoken person"; "sharp-spoken"

dealings collapse: social or verbal interchange (usually followed by `with')

pontifical collapse: the vestments and other insignia of a pontiff (especially a bishop)

message collapse: a communication (usually brief) that is written or spoken or signaled; "he sent a three-word message"; what a communication that is about something is about; send a message; "There is no messaging service at this company"; send as a message; "She messaged the final report by fax"; send a message to; "She messaged the committee"

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